Ink-well



(No Model.) I

J. G. GARRETSON.

INK WELL. No. 448,423. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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JOEL G. GARRETSON, OF BUFFALO, NElV YORK.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,423, dated March 17, 1891. Application filed July 24,1890. Serial No. 359,786. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOEL G. GARRETSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butfalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Inkells, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to inkwells designed for school and other desks, and which are sunk in a hole in the desk so as to be flush with the top of the desk.

One objectof my invention is to attach the pivoted cover to the ink-well in a simple and inexpensive manner. Another object is to protect the glass cup or ink-receptacle from breakage by the extension of the cover, where by the latter is opened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' is a vertical section of myimproved ink-well secured in the opening of the desk. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the cover open. Fig. 3 is a similar V ew with the cover closed. Fig. 4 is a cross-section in line a: m, Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a top plan View of the ink-well with the cover closed and the rivets removed. Fig. [3 is a plan view of the detachable cover.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the top of the desk, having the usual circular hole a for receiving the inkwell.

B represents the semicircular metallic frame of the well fitted inthe peninga and having a semicircular rearwarc extension B, which forms with the frame B the circular top of the ink-well.

O represents the glass ink-cup seated in the frame 13, and D is the cover or lid, which is pivoted to the frame-extension B and formed in rear of its pivot with the usual contracted wing or extension (Z for opening the cover.

The frame A is provided at" its upper edge with a ledge a, upon which the cover rests, and whereby the cover is sunk flush with the top of the frame.

The frame-extension 13' is provided on opposite sides of the wing (Z with rivet or boltholes f extending through the extension, and provided at their upper inner sides with recesses or pivot seats g. The wing of the cover is formed at its lateral edges with projecting pivots or journals h, which rest in the recesses or pivot-seats g, and are confined therein by rivets or bolts 1', secured in the openings f, and which overlap the pivots of the cover with their heads, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and at. The heads of the rivets are flat and beveled, and the upper ends of the rivet-holes are flared to countersink the beveled heads of the rivets and render the same flush with the smooth top of the ink-well.

In attaching the cover to the frame, the pivots of the cover are placed into the recesses of the rivet-holes, and the rivets are then inserted in the holes from the top of the frame and upset on the under side of the eX- tension, as shown in Fig. 4. The frameis cast with the rivet-holes, and the pivots are formed with the cover, producing a very simple and cheap construction, which permits the cover to be readily attached to the frame.

j represents a transverse bar or plate connecting the ends of the semicircular frameB immediately below its extension B. This plate extends across the upper rear side of the glass ink-cup, and receives the impact of the wing (Z in case the cover is forcibly opened or receives a violent blow, thereby keeping the wing out of contact with the glass cup and preventing breakage thereof.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the frame of the ink-well having vertical holes provided with horizontal pivot-seats, of a cover having horizontal pivots arranged in said seats, and rivets secured in said vertical holes and having heads which confine the pivots in their seats, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with the frame of the ink-well having beveled vertical holes provided with horizontal pivot-seats,of a cover having horizontal pivots arranged in said seats and rivets seen red in said vertical holes and having beveled heads which overlap the pivots of the cover, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with the frame or CELS? ing of the ink-well, of a cover attached to the casing by horizontal pivots, and provided in rear of its pivots with a ring or extension, and a guardorprotector-plate arranged within the casing across the rear side of the ink-cup and receiving the impact of the (3OV61'6X13G11- sion, substantially as set forth.

itness my hand this 3d day of July, 1890.

JOEL G. GARRETSON.

. Witnesses:

(J. F. GEYER, J NO. J. BONNER. 

